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Top Stories: Washington, December 5 : In a new research, computer scientists from University of California, San Diego, are creating a network of environmental sensors that will help people avoid air pollution hot spots by tracking their exact location. ANI Sat, 05 Dec 2009 03:20:03 -0500Washington, Dec 5 (IANS) Virginia Tech officials locked down some administrative buildings and warned their own families more than an hour and a half before the rest of the university campus was alerted about the deadliest shooting spree in American history in 2007, according to a revised state report. IANS Fri, 04 Dec 2009 23:40:02 -0500By BILL ARCHER Bluefield Daily Telegraph BLUEFIELD — With leaders of the southern West Virginia coal industry grumbling with concerns over tighter federal control over surface mine permits and a... Bluefield Daily Telegraph Sat, 05 Dec 2009 05:08:44 -0500Sun Microsystems has unveiled new Solaris Cluster software, which it said will provide significant cost savings for enterprise adopters. The software, which is available now, adds new virtualisation... Infomatics Sat, 05 Dec 2009 04:57:17 -0500Visitors to Bletchley Park will be able to take a trip through a gallery dedicated to the technology that made the internet possible.The exhibition, which opened today, traces the history of communic... Infomatics Sat, 05 Dec 2009 04:56:58 -0500Hearst publishing company unveiled its long-awaited e-reader plan on Friday, describing an "e-reading service platform" coming next year that will distribute content from multiple publishers to a vari... San Francisco Chronicle Sat, 05 Dec 2009 04:43:56 -0500Android SDK . Version 2.0.1 is a minor update to the Android platform, not a significant release, and it doesn't address the most serious issues faced by Android developers. San Francisco Chronicle Sat, 05 Dec 2009 04:43:54 -0500Heavy rain and snow forecast for next week look like the beginning of a big change in the current weather pattern and perhaps a signal that the end of California's three-year-long drought is near. Th... San Francisco Chronicle Sat, 05 Dec 2009 04:43:49 -0500(12-04) 19:22 PST SAN DIEGO (AP) -- A customer complained of gas-pedal problems with a dealership's loaner Lexus three days before the same car accelerated out of control and killed a California High... San Francisco Chronicle Sat, 05 Dec 2009 04:43:46 -0500The family of Meredith Kercher's murderer Amanda Knox are to immediately begin the process of appealing her guilty verdict, their spokesman has said. American Knox, 22, from Seattle, was found guilt... Ananova Sat, 05 Dec 2009 04:29:52 -0500The Copenhagen climate change summit has been given "huge impetus" by Barack Obama's decision to attend during its crucial final stages, Downing Street said. Number 10 hailed the US President's abou... Ananova Sat, 05 Dec 2009 04:29:52 -0500Chef Gino D'Acampo is looking forward to life back in civilisation after being crowned King of the Jungle in the final of I'm A Celebrity ... Get Me Out Of Here! The Italian was named the winner aft... Ananova Sat, 05 Dec 2009 04:29:51 -0500Tens of thousands of people are expected to join in demonstrations calling for action on climate change ahead of crunch UN talks. World leaders will meet next week in Copenhagen with the aim of secu... Ananova Sat, 05 Dec 2009 04:29:51 -0500Fabio Capello will warn his players not to expect an easy ride at the Soccer World Cup, despite bookmakers making England favourites to win their group. England were drawn with the US, Algeria and S... Ananova Sat, 05 Dec 2009 04:29:50 -0500A major security operation is being launched in Nottingham to stop violence flaring up during a demonstration by the English Defence League (EDL). To add to the police's workload, Unite Against Fasc... Ananova Sat, 05 Dec 2009 04:29:50 -0500An explosion and fire apparently caused by pyrotechnics has torn through a nightclub in the Russian city of Perm, killing 102 people. Regional security minister Igor Orlov said the club had a suspen... Ananova Sat, 05 Dec 2009 04:29:49 -0500Soldiers who recently returned from an operational tour in Afghanistan are due to receive medals during a presentation at a football match. The 12 soldiers, from 3rd Battalion The Yorkshire Regiment... Ananova Sat, 05 Dec 2009 04:29:48 -0500No one's going to blame you for keeping holiday gifts minimal this year. But if you want to round out your handmade cards, scarves, pickles and jam with a gadget or gizmo, here are a handful of our $1... SINA Sat, 05 Dec 2009 04:24:46 -0500San Diego’s Gizmo5 Reportedly Acquired by Goo... When Tom Clancy introduced a panel discussion yesterday at a forum on analytics software, the founder of San Diego’s Tao Venture Partners said the ... Sign on San Diego Sat, 05 Dec 2009 04:11:56 -0500OGDEN, UT, December 05, 2009 /24-7PressRelease/ -- "Internet Marketing Icon to launch full scale Awakening for all to See" With no end in sight after a tumultuous year in all facets of our socioeco... 24 / 7 Press Release Sat, 05 Dec 2009 03:43:07 -0500Offering voucher codes and discount vouchers from sites such as VoucherSeeker (http://www.voucherseeker.co.uk/vouchercodes), online may ensure businesses gain more customers in the long run. 24 / 7 Press Release Sat, 05 Dec 2009 03:42:43 -0500EUGENE, OR December 05, 2009 /24-7PressRelease/ -- The IDX, Inc. team announces today the addition of Spencer Morris with Keller Williams Realty- Central Coast, in joining the ever growing network of ... 24 / 7 Press Release Sat, 05 Dec 2009 03:42:24 -0500BANGALORE: If you have a Chinese mobile handset and plan to get a genuine IMEI number implanted to make it work, beware. It may work initially, but will get disconnected within 2-3 days. For, the G... Times Of India Sat, 05 Dec 2009 03:39:03 -0500"AppJet is a team of highly-talented entrepreneurs with deep expertise in real-time web collaboration. Google and AppJet have a shared vision of how web collaboration can benefit users, and we're exci... San Francisco Chronicle Sat, 05 Dec 2009 03:25:02 -0500(12-04) 20:11 PST ALAMO, CALIF. -- From outward appearances, 50-year-old Thomas Paul Bennett was an unlikely man to open fire at the local jewelry store. San Francisco Chronicle Sat, 05 Dec 2009 03:24:59 -0500(12-04) 18:59 PST San Francisco -- An internal investigation into alleged overtime abuse by as many as a half dozen San Francisco Police Department officers and civilians may result in criminal charg... San Francisco Chronicle Sat, 05 Dec 2009 03:24:56 -0500(12-04) 17:01 PST RICHMOND -- A single-car crash on the Richmond Parkway today killed a teenage girl and sent two boys to a hospital in critical condition, Richmond police said. San Francisco Chronicle Sat, 05 Dec 2009 03:24:56 -0500(12-04) 17:42 PST Tucson, Ariz. (AP) -- A judge has threatened to sentence an Arizona man to 25 days in prison for leaving jugs of water in the desert for illegal immigrants. San Francisco Chronicle Sat, 05 Dec 2009 03:24:52 -0500Fabio Capello will warn his players not to expect an easy ride at the Soccer World Cup, despite bookmakers making England favourites to win their group. England were drawn with the US, Algeria and S... Ananova Sat, 05 Dec 2009 03:11:05 -0500David Cameron has pledged to double the bonuses paid to troops returning from Afghanistan. The Tory leader made the pledge during a visit to the war-torn country. He told reporters the payment for... Ananova Sat, 05 Dec 2009 03:11:04 -0500A major security operation is being launched in Nottingham to stop violence flaring up during a demonstration by the English Defence League (EDL). To add to the police's workload, Unite Against Fasc... Ananova Sat, 05 Dec 2009 03:11:03 -0500Citex Software proudly announces the general availability of the Adhere User Profiles Server, an integral component of Adhere Mobile. Citex Software offers two editions of the User Profiles Server: Fr... AME Info Sat, 05 Dec 2009 03:10:55 -0500The Northern Area Oil Operations, Production Engineering and Well Services Department of Saudi Aramco have awarded the Artificial Lift Company, an innovative design, engineering and manufacturing solu... AME Info Sat, 05 Dec 2009 03:10:46 -0500RICHMOND -- At least two Virginia Tech employees had informed their family members well before the rest of the campus community received the first details about the April 16, 2007, shootings that resu... Roanoke Times Sat, 05 Dec 2009 02:46:09 -0500BANGALORE: Mahindra Satyam has won a Rs 100-crore ($20 million) outsourcing contract from the world’s largest maker of commercial aircraft, Airbus, to manage its internal quality and processes. ... Times Of India Sat, 05 Dec 2009 02:20:54 -0500KOLKATA: As the date of WiMAX spectrum auction draws near, US’ Motorola is gearing up to make its Indian research activities a global hub for wireless broadband technology. The company is draw... Times Of India Sat, 05 Dec 2009 02:20:51 -0500Everybody's Fine Drama. Starring Robert De Niro, Sam Rockwell, Kate Beckinsale and Drew Barrymore. Directed by Kirk Jones. (PG-13. 100 minutes. At Bay Area theaters.)... San Francisco Chronicle Sat, 05 Dec 2009 02:05:49 -0500RICHMOND - During the deadliest campus shooting in American history, Virginia Tech officials locked down some administrative offices and warned their families more than an hour and a half before the r... Boston Globe Sat, 05 Dec 2009 01:51:59 -0500LAKELAND | The University of South Florida Polytechnic has hired a new director, Jean-Pierre Emond, who will assume leadership in February of the Division of Technology and Innovation. He also will be... The Ledger Sat, 05 Dec 2009 01:27:34 -0500Every year, the Geneva-based World Economic Forum honors as "Tech Pioneers" anywhere from 25 to 50 companies offering new technologies or business models that have the biggest potential impa... Business Week Sat, 05 Dec 2009 01:03:43 -0500Google Public DNS: Wonderful freebie or big new menace? : Google Public DNS (Domain Name System), a DNS resolution service out in an experimental version, caught our attention this week, with the comp... San Francisco Chronicle Sat, 05 Dec 2009 00:45:16 -0500(12-04) 11:58 PST -- The school superintendent investigating a former employee who ran the SETI@home program on school computers doesn?t understand how the technology works or that the project is wel... San Francisco Chronicle Sat, 05 Dec 2009 00:45:14 -0500The company has until Dec. 17 to explain "the rationale" behind the higher fees. The inquiry comes after Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn) introduced a bill that would curb the penalties customers are requ... San Francisco Chronicle Sat, 05 Dec 2009 00:45:12 -0500Hearst publishing company unveiled its long-awaited e-reader plan on Friday, describing an "e-reading service platform" coming next year that will distribute content from multiple publishers to a vari... San Francisco Chronicle Sat, 05 Dec 2009 00:45:10 -0500(12-04) 20:20 PST New York (AP) -- Former NBC News anchor Tom Brokaw and his wife said they escaped injury in a three-car accident on a New York City highway that killed a 30-year-old woman and injur... San Francisco Chronicle Sat, 05 Dec 2009 00:45:07 -0500Many teachers are searching for jobs abroad in the hope of finding better working conditions, a survey has suggested. More than a third of the UK's teachers (34.6%) are actively looking for work ove... Ananova Sat, 05 Dec 2009 00:31:13 -0500David Cameron has pledged to double the bonuses paid to troops returning from Afghanistan. The Tory leader made the pledge during a visit to the war-torn country. He told reporters the payment for... Ananova Sat, 05 Dec 2009 00:31:12 -0500A major security operation is being launched in Nottingham to stop violence flaring up during a demonstration by the English Defence League (EDL). To add to the police's workload, Unite Against Fasc... Ananova Sat, 05 Dec 2009 00:31:11 -0500Fabio Capello will warn his players not to expect an easy ride at the Soccer World Cup, despite bookmakers making England favourites to win their group. England were drawn with the US, Algeria and S... Ananova Sat, 05 Dec 2009 00:31:10 -0500LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Apple Inc. is in advanced talks to buy online music retailer Lala.com, a Silicon Valley startup that has threatened "the end of the MP3" with its fast song-streaming application. Tampa Bay Online Sat, 05 Dec 2009 00:26:16 -0500The development and implementation of what we call our "next-gen point-of-service" system. It's the nerve center of our operation, letting our managers and staff focus on pleasing our guests. Our team... Tech Web Sat, 05 Dec 2009 00:04:52 -0500Most developers aren't keen on working with accelerometers, temperature sensors, and other complex hardware involving unique protocols and proprietary low-level APIs. Luckily, the Windows 7 Sensor API... Tech Web Sat, 05 Dec 2009 00:04:50 -0500Of all the collaboration methods available to business workers, it's hard to beat face-to-face interaction. Three products from Polycom aim to put videoconferencing capabilities within the reach of sm... Tech Web Sat, 05 Dec 2009 00:04:49 -0500IT and its enterprise customers take their inspiration from different sources, and the unchecked result can cost you big time. One challenge is that most of what IT does is foundational, laying the g... Tech Web Sat, 05 Dec 2009 00:04:48 -0500The path to application mobilization is more confusing than ever. Today's smartphones are powerful computers with substantial processing power and storage. They represent the cutting edge of the compu... Tech Web Sat, 05 Dec 2009 00:04:47 -0500In our recent InformationWeek Analytics Government IT Priorities survey of federal technology decision makers, cybersecurity was the No. 1 IT initiative within respondents' organizations in terms of i... Tech Web Sat, 05 Dec 2009 00:04:46 -0500Texas coach Mack Brown spent the past 12 months reminding his players they were spit out by the system last year. He challenged them to “take it away from the system” by winning all their games an... MSNBC Sat, 05 Dec 2009 00:00:33 -0500It was a week full of hazards, bogeys, shanked shots, and bad lies -- and that's just Tiger Woods' love life. But he's not the only one who suffered a subpar week. Michael Arrington's CrunchPad Web ta... San Francisco Chronicle Fri, 04 Dec 2009 23:24:17 -0500Fabio Capello will warn his players not to expect an easy ride at the Soccer World Cup, despite bookmakers making England favourites to win their group. England were drawn with the US, Algeria and S... Ananova Fri, 04 Dec 2009 23:10:02 -0500A major security operation is being launched in Nottingham to stop violence flaring up during a demonstration by the English Defence League (EDL). To add to the police's workload, Unite Against Fasc... Ananova Fri, 04 Dec 2009 23:10:01 -0500Spain insisted Friday it is still working on an Internet piracy bill that has infuriated Web users and seen the prime minister apparently disavow his culture minister over whether it would shut down s... eTaiwan News Fri, 04 Dec 2009 22:36:27 -0500PC Tools's Internet Security suite for 2010 gets some things right, and frustratingly drops the ball on others. It's hard not to like the feature set, which is robust, and their recent efficacy badge ... CNet Fri, 04 Dec 2009 22:16:42 -0500(12-04) 08:47 PST -- Looking at smartphone growth by the numbers, it's a cinch to predict that smartphone sales will continue to boom in 2010. San Francisco Chronicle Fri, 04 Dec 2009 22:00:36 -0500(12-04) 13:21 PST -- Bengie Molina suiting up as the Giants' Opening Day catcher in 2010 no longer seems realistic. That goes for Buster Posey, too. San Francisco Chronicle Fri, 04 Dec 2009 22:00:32 -0500A major security operation is being launched in Nottingham to stop violence flaring up during a demonstration by the English Defence League (EDL). To add to the police's workload, Unite Against Fasc... Ananova Fri, 04 Dec 2009 21:45:47 -0500Fabio Capello will warn his players not to expect an easy ride at the Soccer World Cup, despite bookmakers making England favourites to win their group. England were drawn with the US, Algeria and S... Ananova Fri, 04 Dec 2009 21:45:45 -0500The Gymboss Interval Timer is shown Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009 in New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan) In simpler times, maintaining good health was a matter of joining a gym or lacing up running shoes f... Sign on San Diego Fri, 04 Dec 2009 21:08:15 -0500The Saskatchewan Internet Child Exploitation (ICE) unit completed its first major operation since its inception, traveling across Saskatchewan this week arresting five people in five communities.Proje... The StarPhoenix Fri, 04 Dec 2009 20:41:35 -0500(Credit: Ina Fried/CNET News.com) Apple, which is in talks to acquire Lala, is unlikely offering much for the streaming-music service. Sources with knowledge of the discussion told me that Apple i... CNet Fri, 04 Dec 2009 20:36:22 -0500(Credit: Ina Fried/CNET News.com) Apple, which is in talks to acquire Lala, is unlikely offering much for the streaming-music service. Sources with knowledge of the discussion told me that Apple i... CNet Fri, 04 Dec 2009 20:36:21 -0500(Credit: Ina Fried/CNET News.com) Apple, which is in talks to acquire Lala, is unlikely offering much for the streaming-music service. Sources with knowledge of the discussion told me that Apple i... CNet Fri, 04 Dec 2009 20:36:19 -0500Mitto.com, a leading provider of Internet password storage and management, has been named one of the Top 10 Hottest new Internet sites by the readers of KillerStartups.com. The ranking validates that ... Earth Times Fri, 04 Dec 2009 20:29:09 -0500Some Virginia Tech administrators warned their families and ordered the president's office locked well before the rest of the campus was notified a gunman was on the loose. (File)... CBS 4 Fri, 04 Dec 2009 20:26:08 -0500Some Virginia Tech administrators warned their families and ordered the president's office locked well before the rest of the campus was notified a gunman was on the loose. (File)... CBS 5 Fri, 04 Dec 2009 20:26:06 -0500 |
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